{"id":40234,"date":"2026-01-29T14:46:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T14:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T14:46:29","slug":"what-do-whales-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/it\/blog\/cosa-mangiano-le-balene\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosa mangiano le balene? Dieta, fatti e abitudini alimentari sorprendenti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sono gli animali pi\u00f9 grandi della Terra. Alcune di loro pesano pi\u00f9 di un Boeing 737. Ma nonostante le loro dimensioni, molte balene passano la loro vita a ingurgitare l'equivalente dei popcorn dell'oceano: krill simili a gamberetti, pesci minuscoli e plancton microscopico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Il che ci porta a chiederci: come si fa a rimanere grassi mangiando zuppa? Tuffiamoci nelle grandi bocche (letteralmente) delle balene e scopriamo cosa c'\u00e8 nel menu.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/tours\/whale-watching-in-ponta-delgada-sao-miguel-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/12-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-two-types-of-whales-amp-their-distinct-diets\">Due tipi di balene e le loro diverse diete<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Innanzitutto, una rapida lezione di anatomia. Le balene si dividono in due categorie: balene con i fanoni (Mysticetes) e balene dentate (Odontocetes). La differenza? Sta nella bocca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Le balene non hanno denti<\/strong>Invece, usano una gigantesca cortina di placche di cheratina (come unghie pelose) per filtrare il cibo dall'acqua. Pensate a loro come agli aspirapolvere del mare.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Balene dentate<\/strong>hanno invece denti veri e propri e mangiano come un normale carnivoro: inseguendo e sbocconcellando.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-baleen-whales-slurping-soup-by-the-ton\">Le balene delle Baleari: Zuppa a tonnellate<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Roxane-Blue-Whale-Pico-2022_06_16_9999_649-5-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roxane Rambert | Balenottera azzurra che scivola nelle acque di <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/islands\/pico-island-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Isola di Pico\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"844\">Isola di Pico<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/blue-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balene blu<\/a>, i pi\u00f9 grandi animali mai esistiti, si nutrono quasi esclusivamente di krill. Proprio cos\u00ec. Un animale grande come un campo da tennis mangia gamberetti lunghi appena qualche centimetro. Ma non si limitano a sgranocchiare. Banchettano. Si parla di 4 tonnellate di krill al giorno, ovvero circa 40 milioni di minuscoli crostacei ingeriti in uno spuntino pomeridiano (Carwardine, 2019, p. 91).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come? Con l'alimentazione ad affondo. Immaginate questo: la balena si immerge sotto uno sciame di krill, poi esplode verso l'alto con la bocca aperta a quasi 90 gradi, ingurgitando ben 65 tonnellate di acqua di mare, quindi filtra il krill con i fanoni. Questo avviene dalle 6 alle 15 volte per ogni immersione. E s\u00ec, brucia pi\u00f9 calorie di una lezione di HIIT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-dolphins-endangered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stato di conservazione dei delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-pink-dolphins-real\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Delfini rosa<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/dolphins-eat-tuna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Il tonno nella dieta dei delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/do-dolphins-smell-scientific-fact-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capacit\u00e0 olfattive dei delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/do-whales-and-dolphins-lay-eggs-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riproduzione di balene e delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/are-whales-carnivores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Le balene sono carnivore?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/does-whale-sperm-make-the-ocean-salty-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lo sperma di balena rende l'oceano salato?<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-whales-and-dolphins-communicate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La comunicazione tra balene e delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-dolphins-sleep-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Come dormono balene e delfini?<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-toothed-whales-predators-with-a-bite\">Balene dentate: Predatori con il morso<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-1024x446.jpg\" alt=\"Due capodogli che nuotano con grazia nel blu profondo dell&#039;Oceano Atlantico vicino alle Azzorre, immortalati sott&#039;acqua dal fotografo Javi Garcia.\" class=\"wp-image-39161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-1024x446.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-1536x670.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1-18x8.jpg 18w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/180-280kb1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Javi Garcia | Capodogli sott'acqua alle Azzorre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sperm-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capodoglio<\/a> sono noti per immergersi a pi\u00f9 di 2.000 metri di profondit\u00e0, il tutto per avere la possibilit\u00e0 di catturare il loro spuntino preferito: i calamari giganti. Alcune femmine mangiano 750 calamari al giorno (circa 37 per ogni immersione). I maschi possono aggiungere al loro piatto anche squali, razze e pesci d'alto mare (Carwardine, 2019, pp. 144-145).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L'alimentazione \u00e8 per lo pi\u00f9 basata sull'aspirazione, su poderose golate nell'oscurit\u00e0 delle profondit\u00e0 marine: niente arpioni, niente lance, solo la versione evolutiva di un aspirapolvere con sonar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-s-on-the-menu-whale-diets-by-species\">Cosa c'\u00e8 nel menu? Dieta delle balene per specie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Le balene possono abitare lo stesso oceano, ma non le loro abitudini alimentari. <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/blue-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balene blu<\/a> si nutrono quasi esclusivamente di krill e un gran numero di litri di acqua marina viene ingerito e filtrato dai fanoni. <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sei-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Balene Sei<\/a> si nutrono di copepodi, calamari e piccoli pesci di banco. Le balene grigie amano i buffet sul fondo e succhiano anfipodi e crostacei dal fondale marino. Nel frattempo, <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/sperm-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capodogli<\/a> immergersi a profondit\u00e0 maggiori per cacciare calamari, anche di tipo gigante, con <a href=\"https:\/\/futurismo.pt\/species\/cuviers-beaked-whale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">balene dal becco<\/a> e altri che integrano la loro alimentazione con pesci e polpi. Ogni specie ha sviluppato un modo di alimentarsi che si adatta perfettamente alla sua nicchia ecologica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-fast-can-whales-swim-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Velocit\u00e0 di nuoto delle balene<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-do-dolphins-mate-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Comportamento di accoppiamento dei delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-is-a-group-of-dolphins-called-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sostantivi collettivi per i delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/how-long-do-dolphins-live\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Top 3 dei fatti e delle curiosit\u00e0 sui delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-do-dolphins-eat-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dieta e abitudini alimentari dei delfini<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/is-the-fin-whale-endangered-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stato di conservazione della balenottera<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/sperm-whale-diet-scientific-approach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dieta del capodoglio<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/blog\/what-does-a-whale-penis-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Com'\u00e8 fatto il pene di una balena?<\/a><mark class=\"annotation-text annotation-text-yoast\" id=\"annotation-text-c77eaa00-ef0e-4a3b-8022-403ddbc1c841\"><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-conclusion\">Conclusione<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Anche se sono tra gli animali pi\u00f9 grandi della Terra, alcune balene filtrano grandi quantit\u00e0 d'acqua per catturare il cibo, mentre altre si immergono in profondit\u00e0 per cacciare. Ogni specie si nutre in un modo particolare, adatto al luogo in cui vive. La prossima volta che vedrete una balena, ricordate: pu\u00f2 sembrare tranquilla, ma \u00e8 una potente mangiatrice con un grande lavoro da svolgere nell'oceano.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/tours\/whale-watching-in-lajes-do-pico-azores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2.jpg 815w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-300x92.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-768x236.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.futurismo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banner-Comercial_-Whale-Watching-Lajes-do-Pico-2-18x6.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary><strong>Volete sapere quali sono i periodi migliori per l'osservazione delle balene?<\/strong><br><br>Date un'occhiata al nostro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurismo.pt\/whale-watching-azores-calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">calendario dell'osservazione delle balene<\/a> e pianificate la vostra prossima avventura! Non perdete l'occasione di avvistare queste maestose creature nelle acque delle Azzorre. \ud83d\udc0b \ud83c\udf0a<\/summary>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-references\">Riferimenti<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Carwardine, M. (2019). <em>Manuale delle balene, dei delfini e delle focene<\/em>. Bloomsbury Wildlife.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foote, A. D., Vijay, N., \u00c1vila-Arcos, M. C., Baird, R. W., Durban, J. W., Fumagalli, M., ... &amp; Morin, P. A. (2016). La coevoluzione genoma-cultura promuove la rapida divergenza degli ecotipi di orche. <em>Comunicazioni sulla natura<\/em>, 7, 11693. Recuperato da <a>Porta della ricerca<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re the largest animals on Earth. Some of them weigh more than a Boeing 737. But despite their size, many whales spend their lives guzzling the ocean\u2019s equivalent of popcorn: shrimp-like krill, tiny fish, and microscopic plankton. Which begs the question\u2026 how do you stay fat eating soup? Let\u2019s dive into the big mouths (literally) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Do Whales Eat? | Scientific Approach [2026] \ud83d\udd2c<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover what whales really eat from krill to giant squid. 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